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SheetNY-NORTH-BAY-SHORE-NY · North Bay Shore, NY 20,501 pop · income 86th pct
Nearest income peer: Columbus, MN (+ $24 income $)
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around North Bay Shore
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Bay Shore on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Adrian · lowest
42,851
Adrian · lowest
42,851 median HH income
26.4% of the leader · rank #1
Kennedale · near
117,853
Kennedale · near
117,853 median HH income
72.6% of the leader · rank #2
Butteville · near
117,857
Butteville · near
117,857 median HH income
72.6% of the leader · rank #3
North Bay Sho… · this city
117,893
North Bay Sho… · this city
117,893 median HH income
72.7% of the leader · rank #4
Columbus · near
117,917
Columbus · near
117,917 median HH income
72.7% of the leader · rank #5
Manassas · near
117,919
Manassas · near
117,919 median HH income
72.7% of the leader · rank #6
Libertyville · highest
162,270
Libertyville · highest
162,270 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for North Bay Shore on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 20,501.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, North Bay Shore places in the 86th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
86th
percentile, household income
81st
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: North Bay Shore, NY
20,501 people live in North Bay Shore, New York - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in North Bay Shore report a median income of $117,893 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.0%. North Bay Shore's housing stock carries a median value of $449,900, and the median resident age is 34.7 years. 13.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 69.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
New York carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, New York scores 107.9 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,579 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in New York run around $285, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for North Bay Shore workers runs 26.4 minutes, with 72.6% driving alone and 1.8% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 69.4 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Moderate).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of North Bay Shore's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Bay Shore, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for North Bay Shore?
Within New York, the closest population matches are Eastchester (20,519 residents, $158,526 income); North Amityville (20,364 residents, $125,991 income); Lockport (20,699 residents, $59,153 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Libertyville, IL (20,493 residents); Adrian, MI (20,493 residents); South Burlington, VT (20,488 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in North Bay Shore?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 26.4 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in North Bay Shore?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A
$117,893
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C
6.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
13.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
107.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
North Bay Shore profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 85/100 (A) · $117,893
Poverty rate: 59/100 (C) · 6.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 16/100 (F) · 13.4%
Cost of living: 12/100 (F) · 107.9 index
How does North Bay Shore compare to other US cities?
Where North Bay Shore sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income86% higher than other cities
Home value81% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares North Bay Shore against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to New York only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
New York-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places North Bay Shore near the bottom of New York's cities
Among the 1,256 New York cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Bay Shore ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Bay Shore only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#329 of 1,205
73rd percentile in New York
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,256
0th percentile in New York
Median Home Value
#354 of 1,202
71st percentile in New York
Poverty Rate
#513 of 1,246
58th percentile in New York
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1,166 of 1,254
7th percentile in New York
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within New York only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
86th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How North Bay Shore's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$449,90019th percentilemore affordable than 19% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
North Bay Shore's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,119 of 15,516
More affordable than 35% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,807 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.8×, North Bay Shore sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,119 of 15,516 and #1,807 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$117,893North Bay Shore, NY median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Bay Shore, NY median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for North Bay Shore, NY.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)13.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
20,501
Median Income
$117,893
Median Home Value
$449,900
Median Age
34.7
Poverty Rate
6.0%
Labor force participation
69.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
13.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
26.4 minutes
Drive Alone
72.6%
Carpool
12.6%
Public Transit
4.7%
Walk
0.4%
Work from Home
1.8%
Other
7.9%
Based on 11,138 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
New York statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $285
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across New York at $285 (electricity about $130 , water and sewer about $65 ).
These are New York statewide averages, not a meter reading for North Bay Shore. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
New York's BEA cost-of-living index is 107.9 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around North Bay Shore is $1,579/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to New York statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 69.4 / 100 (Moderate).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a New York statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county North Bay Shore sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Bay Shore compares to similar-size New York cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.